

Credit Photo : NLK-STUDIOS
November 7th, 8pm – Molière Theatre
OMAR & CEDRIC
IF THIS EVER GETS WEIRD
An Unbreakable Friendship Within At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta
Nicolas Jack Davies · 2023 · 127’
The untold story of the deep friendship between Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala, a Texan alternative rock duo active since 1993.
Omar, a young Puerto Rican exile, had a video camera and dreamed of becoming a filmmaker. From hundreds of hours of footage shot over 40 years, Nicolas Davies has crafted an exceptional collage.
The result is a dreamlike film with a lo-fi, almost psychedelic vibe that touches on the major themes of tragedy through the struggles of the duo’s lives: success, addiction, betrayal, forgiveness, grief, and redemption.
It explores the birth of The Mars Volta after the breakup of At the Drive-In, as the dark shadow of Jeremy Ward continued to loom.
A conceptual documentary, not just for fans, about the soundtrack of a generation. It tells the story of a long and unbreakable friendship between two artists who never compromised their artistic integrity in the face of fame.
